JonOli
11-16-2009, 12:32 AM
Boxing is undergoing a big resurgence. The number of people registered with amateur clubs in England has nearly tripled since 2005.
The number of schools with boxing on the curriculum has jumped from 20 four years ago to 1,931 this year and the sport has become the toast of politicians and education experts who once dismissed it as too violent.
"Twelve years ago I considered boxing almost too dangerous to be considered as a mainstream sport," said Tessa Jowell, the Olympics minister. "I was public health minister and the British Medical Association quite regularly at that time called for boxing to be banned."
But she said boxing's safety record had improved and it was now ranked 75th by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents on its list of the most dangerous sports, behind rollerblading, gymnastics and horse riding.
According to the latest national school sport survey, boxing is now available in 34% of secondary schools in England.
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Good stuff.
I wish I had been able to do boxing at school.
The number of schools with boxing on the curriculum has jumped from 20 four years ago to 1,931 this year and the sport has become the toast of politicians and education experts who once dismissed it as too violent.
"Twelve years ago I considered boxing almost too dangerous to be considered as a mainstream sport," said Tessa Jowell, the Olympics minister. "I was public health minister and the British Medical Association quite regularly at that time called for boxing to be banned."
But she said boxing's safety record had improved and it was now ranked 75th by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents on its list of the most dangerous sports, behind rollerblading, gymnastics and horse riding.
According to the latest national school sport survey, boxing is now available in 34% of secondary schools in England.
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Good stuff.
I wish I had been able to do boxing at school.